Wish Upon A Star

Watching Summer Strike reminded me of this dorama, and I'm back and this time managed to find this drama on YouTube with Chinese subtitles :) Couldn't find this drama a year ago.

I find the ML smarter than the FL

nah, save the trouble and just boycott - I have stopped watching the award ceremony since last year. and Best Drama and Best Screenplay are for the best, not the fave. btw does producing awards show make tons of money, and what has making money gotta do with my comment on dramas been snubbed at Baeksang?

baeksang standards have dropped year on year.. the results are probably pre-determined on the nomination day, when better dramas are obviously snubbed.

Frankly, still do not know what's the glory of a story on the FL who is actually no different from her school mates who bullied her when she revenged mercilessly on all of them, nor what's so extraordinary of the story of the FL whose only purpose is to inject elements of autism-cuteness into a court room drama when her struggles in her life and profession are only superficially dealt with.

Whereas, the story of the Queen who rises to be the pillar of strength for her husband (the King), her children and other Princes, and the underprivileged is the extraordinary drama that deserves more recognition and glory, but was neither nominated for Best Drama nor Best Screenplay.

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this is so overdue but it is certainly better late than never. happy to be able to properly read messages received in the inbox and to be able to comment on feeds. also glad to have the new Article tab, but it would have been better if the app does not open the article in a browser, as comment can't be posted without logging in the MDL webpage on the browser though one is already logged into the MDL app

Yea, I know. My gripe is "overly" bl hyped. While this drama is adapted from a bl novel, the two male leads are portrayed as soulmates in the drama, and the soul/core of this drama is not on their relationship. The drama transcends the novel, by focusing on the story, plot, and themes on found family, good vs evil, weak vs strong, the ugliness of society and hypocrisy of noble clans, which is what this drama is really about. Thus, I find this drama overly bl hyped, to the extent of discrediting the core of the drama and "deterring" away viewers who stay away from bl dramas, which is such a pity.

For this drama, it is actually good to go in blind.

For readers who have saw parts of this comment in prior comments, please excuse my repetitions.

Bromance and perfectly safe for those not into BL. Always find it overly BL hyped, to the extent of discrediting the core of the drama and deterring viewers who stay away from BL dramas, which is such a pity.

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On the night just before the bloodbath at the Nightless City, the Jin Clan announced to all the clans gathered at the Nightless City that the Wen siblings were burnt to ashes, and scattered the ashes to the cheers of many gathered there

I would add that the drama transcends the novel, by focusing on the story, plot, and themes on found family, good vs evil, weak vs strong, the ugliness of society and hypocrisy of noble clans, which is what the drama is really about. Thus, I find this drama overly BL hyped, to the extent of discrediting the core of the drama and "scaring" away viewers who stay away from BL dramas, which is such a pity.

I'm with you that The Untamed is more wuxia than xianxia, without the realms, but with clan rivalry

The drama transcends the novel, by focusing on the story, plot, and themes on found family, good vs evil, weak vs strong, and hypocrisy of noble clan. Such a pity that this drama is BL hyped just because it is adapted from a BL novel, when what is portrayed is trust and support that the two MLs had for each other, as they stood up for the weak and fight the noble-evil.

The ghost/demon thing is the use of unorthodox cultivation to control people. Try starting from the end of episode 2 where the story starts chronologically and you will understand better. A lot happened in the past (lasting 30+ episodes) that led to the events in the first episode. The CGI is the worst aspect of this drama, but the story, plot, character development, themes on found family, friendship and good vs evil and strong vs weak and OSTs are commendable. It's a drama that touched me immensely so I hope you can give it another try. Can drop me a note anytime you need help with the drama.

Truly disappointed that the standards of Baeksang have dropped year on year.. Still do not know what's the glory of a story on the FL who is actually no different from her school mates who bullied her when she revenged mercilessly on all of them, nor what's so extraordinary of the story of the FL whose only purpose is to inject elements of autism-cuteness into a court room drama when her struggles in her life and profession are only superficially dealt with. Whereas, the story of the Queen who rises to be the pillar of strength for her husband (the King), her children and other Princes, and the underprivileged is the extraordinary drama that deserves more recognition and glory, but was neither nominated for Best Drama nor Best Screenplay.

and 727 reviews!

I've watched Princess Agents only last year, not knowing it was only half done. But no regrets - the plot, pace, stunts, cinematography, costumes are all good. It is a drama I'm actually not looking forward to a second season, to give the 2ML the possibility of becoming good again!

WWX committed suicide because he had lost his will to live as all the people he had cared for had died:
(1) Clan Leader Jiang who had raised him as his real son;
(2) Jin Zi Xuan - his brother-in-law who presumably died under the hands of his right hand man Wen Ning on the day of his nephew's one-month celebration (He (WWX) was so looking forward to join the celebration to see his nephew, and painstakingly made a precious gift to present to his new born nephew during the celebration);
(3) Wen Qing, Wen Ning and the Wen remnants whom he had fervently protected at the expense of cutting ties with the Jiang Clan; and finally
(4) Jiang Yan Li - his martial sister who was both a sister and a mother to WWX who lost both parents at a young age.

It is such a shame that many are just swooning on the gay relationship, which is really only in the novel and the animes. There are so much depths in the story and the powerful messages conveyed on good vs evil, the ugliness of society and hypocrisy of the nobles that were so unfortunately overshadowed..

Thank you - Could do more in an editorial vs forum and I learnt interesting details on Bad Buddy OSTs and the poster for The Broken Marriage. Arghhh.. I totally missed the faces in the leaves and messed up who's who in the poster.. Is the drama as interesting as the poster?

Thank you and well done for the Bingo! For me, working on this editorial helped me uncover dramas and interesting details I would have otherwise missed. And from the drama synopsis and poll results, Through the Darkness seems to me to be a drama that probably need a certain mood (🙌) and a little patience to get into,,

Glad you enjoyed the articles :)